Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
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Enshi Prefecture 恩施州 |
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恩施土家族苗族自治州
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Access to Enshi can be gained by train, bus and the local airport. Enshi is not commonly reached by boat.
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.png) Location of Enshi Prefecture in Hubei |
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| Coordinates: 30°17′N 109°29′E / 30.283°N 109.483°ECoordinates: 30°17′N 109°29′E / 30.283°N 109.483°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Prefecture seat | Enshi City |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24,000 km2 (9,000 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
| • Total | 3,800,000 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 445000 |
| Area code(s) | 0718 |
| Website | enshi |
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| Chinese | 恩施土家族苗族自治州 | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 恩施 | ||||||||
| Postal | Enshih | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 施南 (former) | ||||||||
| Postal | Shihnan | ||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Ēnshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu |
| Wade–Giles | En1-shih1 T'u3-chia1-tsu2 Miao2-tsu2 Tzu4-chih4-chou1 |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Ēnshī |
| Wade–Giles | En1-shih1 |
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| Wade–Giles | Shih1-nan2 |
Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese: 恩施土家族苗族自治州; pinyin: Ēnshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu) is located in the mountainous southwestern corner of Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It forms Hubei's southwestern "panhandle", bordering on Hunan in the south and Chongqing Municipality in the west and northwest. The Yangtze River crosses the prefecture's northeastern corner in Badong County.
There are two county-level cities:
There are six counties:
Enshi Prefecture is located in the mountainous belt separating Hubei's Jianghan Plain from the Sichuan Basin.
There are karst phenomena in the region. The most famous of them is perhaps the Tenglong Cave near Lichuan. A 290-meter deep karst sinkhole, located near the village of Luoquanyan (锣圈岩村) in Xuan'en County, is described as possessing its own unique ecosystem.
The so-called Enshi Grand Canyon (恩施大峡谷) is also a well-known scenic area.
Enshi City has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with short, cool winters, hot, humid summers, and high humidity year-round. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 5.0 °C (41.0 °F) in January to 26.7 °C (80.1 °F) in August, while the annual mean is 16.18 °C (61.1 °F). More than two-thirds of the annual precipitation of 1,470 millimetres (58 in) occurs from May to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 12% in January to 50% in August, the prefecture seat receives only 1,212 hours of bright sunshine annually; winter is especially overcast while July thru September is the sunniest period of the year.
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